Notes on BBC Competition: Any style / genre – you have to be a published author to enter this, so you need to win another competition first, or be published in a publication of some renown. Self-published does NOT count! – winning and short listed stories recorded and broadcast on BBC Radio 4

Notes on Fiction Limbo Prize: This Prize is currently open to only students of the University of Benin. It has two categories (Poetry and Fiction) Any style/genre is accepted. – Fiction winners receive N70, 000 and Poetry winners receive N30, 000. Top Three stories / Top Five Poems will be published in the fiction limbo anthology.

Notes on Commonwealth Short Story Prize: Any style / genre – regional winners receive £2,500 prize, overall winner receives £5,000 prize – winning stories are published in an anthology – open for submissions in October and November only